BMI cutoff point estimation as obesity diagnostic criteria in Down syndrome adolescents | Zendy

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BMI cutoff point estimation as obesity diagnostic criteria in Down syndrome adolescents

Author(s) -

Juan Eduardo Samur San-Matín,

Ezequiel Moreira Gonçalves,

Fábio Bertapelli,

Roberto Teixeira Mendes,

Gil GuerraJúnior

Publication year - 2016

Publication title -

nutrición hospitalaria

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.31

H-Index - 53

eISSN - 1699-5198

pISSN - 0212-1611

DOI - 10.20960/nh.571

Subject(s) - cutoff , overweight , medicine , obesity , body mass index , national health and nutrition examination survey , population , dual energy x ray absorptiometry , demography , metabolic syndrome , environmental health , physics , bone mineral , osteoporosis , quantum mechanics , sociology

All the references used for the diagnosis of obesity were associated with %BF measured by DXA, and the cutoff point of z-scores above 2.14 by WHO showed better specificity.

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